Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Delphina Henley's here with her unicorn!

Cate: Delphina’s here to party with us! Delphina, what do you love most
about Halloween?

Delphina: Until I had children, my answer would have been the pumpkins
and Indian Corn.Now that I have kids,
it is listening to them trying to figure out who or what they want to dress up
as.There is something magical about a
child’s imagination.

Cate: Definitely! Do you have a favorite memory of a Halloween past?

Delphina: I was at the first Keene Pumpkin Festival where they broke
the world’s record for most jack-o-lanterns.Seeing the thousands and thousands of pumpkins lit at the same time was
so beautiful.

Cate: Wow, that must have been so cool! Have you ever had an unusual
experience you couldn’t explain?

Delphina: I don’t think so, but I am always on the lookout.That kind of thing fascinates me.

Cate: Me too. What frightens you the most?

Delphina: Something happening to one of my children.

Cate: Ever gone on a ghost tour? Or ghost hunting on your own?

Delphina: I did go on a ghost tour in Nashville and it was beyond
interesting hearing all of the stories and seeing all of the places that were
reported to have ghosts.Sadly, we did
not see any ourselves.

Cate: Any favorite Halloween recipes you’d care to share?

Delphina:I am not an overly
creative cook and generally don’t have holiday specific recipes.I am known, however, to over cinnamon
everything this time of year.

Cate: Tell us about your latest release, and where readers can find it
online.

That was the last advice
Scout's Grandma Nora gave her before she died. Scout has spent her life trying
to be anything but, but she has a chance to start anew as she moves several
states away to college. She had always thought the glowing aura she saw around
some people was a childhood fancy, but when it starts coming back just as she's
starting her new life, she learns there was much hidden about who she truly is.

Thankfully, she has a
motley crew to help her along the way: a spunky bookseller, a trustworthy pub
owner, a commanding grandmother, a possible best friend, and a hot rocker boy
who only has eyes for her.

Bonus: “Witches, and
Werewolves, and Unicorns, Oh My!” By Elizabeth Kirke: A More than Magic Series
Short Story— Exclusively written for Unless You Can Be a Unicorn

Cate: What inspired you to write about the theme?

Delphina: I always wondered why in all of the unicorn stories, their downfall seemed to be an innocent young virgin and asked myself : “What if they got
it all wrong?What if it was a
paranormal ability and had nothing to do with being innocent?What if those young girls were actually
evil?” and from there my brain exploded with ideas including unicorns actually
being people.

Cate: Anything else you’d like to share?

Delphina: Thank you so much for having me over.It has been amazingly fun to read all of
these posts.

Cate: Delphina has a giveaway for you lucky peeps!

Delphina:For a proof copy of
Unless You Can Be A Unicorn (US ONLY International winners will get a
substitute prize), please comment your answer:Have you ever seen a ghost?

I've "felt" ghosts, and seen an unexplained shadow on the wall that was likely a ghost, but never actually "seen" one. An eery presence was enough to creep me out though. Ghost stories are awesome. So are unicorn stories :)

Yes - when I was about 12 years old at my grandmother's house. I was on the porch looking out at the nut orchard, and someone was walking through it (not uncommon) - but then I realized I could see through the person as he went in front of the trees.

I had a dream about a place and ghosts in it. Years later I went to a job interview in a town I had never been to. It was at an inn that looked too much like my dream memory and they were supposed to be haunted in the same places and by the same ages as the ghosts in my dream. #creepy

When I was in the hospital several years ago, it was late and I'd just been admitted. I got ready for bed and was just drifting off to sleep. I opened my eyes for some reason (I was facing the open doorway) and I saw an old woman standing there just watching me. I blinked and she was gone. I was in the room across from the nurses' station, but this wasn't a nurse. She was dressed in a blue nightgown (not a hospital gown) and there was no shadow, which there would have been if someone was walking away. There's no way she could have moved that fast.

I did when I was younger, but I think I was looking for them and they were probably my imagination and and wishful thinking ;) I have read this book and LOVE it! Definitely you something you want to read!

Yes when I was real young, I would play with him. When I would leave the house my grandparents would say they heard things in the play room. I haven't seen one sense that I'm aware of though I feel them around me all the time :)